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The Mess You Leave Behind

★ 6.8 12K votes 2020–2020 1 season · 8 episodes Ended Netflix
Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 9/10Small townA tight community where everyone knows everyone.This show: 8/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Inma CuestaBárbara LennieTamar NovasArón PiperRoberto EnríquezRoque Ruíz
Written by
Carlos Montero
Starring
Inma CuestaBárbara LennieTamar NovasArón PiperRoberto EnríquezRoque Ruíz
Written by
Carlos Montero
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A quiet town's secrets unravel slowly"

A young teacher takes a job in a small Spanish coastal town, replacing a colleague who died under murky circumstances. As she settles into the close-knit community and an odd relationship with her new husband's ex-wife's family, flashbacks reveal what really happened to her predecessor. It's a moody, slow-burn mystery that trades procedural momentum for atmosphere, gossip, and small-town claustrophobia. The pace is deliberate and the emotional temperature stays low-key tense rather than thrilling, so it rewards patience more than adrenaline. Performances and setting do a lot of the heavy lifting.

Watch it for

the slow-burn small-town atmosphere and its tangled web of hidden relationships.

Maybe skip if

you want a fast-paced procedural rather than a moody character-driven mystery.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2020
6.92K86h 3m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1En la boca del lobo6.7
34056 min
▶2Lo saben6.9
28947 min
▶3Cuenta hasta tres6.8
26841 min
▶4Caída en picado6.7
25546 min
▶5El lugar secreto6.9
24646 min
▶6Lo que no quise ver en ti6.8
24835 min
▶7La tercera víctima7.0
24542 min
▶8El desorden que dejas7.2
33250 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Inma Cuesta Raquel
Bárbara Lennie Viruca
Tamar Novas Germán
Arón Piper Iago
Roberto Enríquez Mauro
Roque Ruíz Roi
Isabel Garrido Nerea
Federico Pérez Rey Demetrio
Alfonso Agra Tomás
Susana Dans Marga

Crew

Carlos Montero

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